讠
yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言, which is a pictograph of a tongue (舌) sticking out of a mouth.

Components

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◎ IconicSimplified component
characterless component

Depicts movement of the tongue coming out of the mouth.

舌
舌 IconicSimplified component
shé tongue
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 舌 than it was in ancient scripts.

Component uses

Meaning (53 of 147 verified)

说话论认计许设记让识议证调请谈语讲诉试谁读评讨误谢诗谓词诺谋诸训访诚订译课罚辩诊详狱询诱讼谨诞谅谊谭讶谎谱讽谦谬谍诈谐谜谴诵谕诡谣诏诧诫诀讳讥谏诬诅谟谤诛谛谒诘诣诲诽谚谑讪诠诃讹诩讷谩谀谙诰诙谆谥谧谌谄谡诿谔诒谝谗诤诋诳谘讫诜谖诮诨讣谶讴诌谲诟诓诖诹诂谪谠谯讦讧诔讵诎诶雠谰谇诼谵谂谳谮谫讬𬤐𬤰

Iconic (1)

讯

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訁 speech Traditional

Component form of 言, which is a pictograph of a tongue (舌) sticking out of a mouth.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts movement of the tongue coming out of the mouth.

舌
舌 Iconic component
shé tongue
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 舌 than it was in ancient scripts.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode